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President Donald Trump is reported to have a -3 net approval rating, but has seen a significant shift in one area, according to the latest Emerson College Polling survey released on Friday (October 17).
Trump is reported to have a 45% job approval rating and a 48% disapproval rating. The president does, however, have a 47% approval rating and 34% disapproval rating for his handing of the war between Israel and Hamas, having flipped public perception from a previous 30% approval rating and 46% disapproval during the Emerson 100-day poll released in April.
“Republicans generally approve of Trump’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas at 80% to 7%, while Democrats disapprove 57% to 19%,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling. “The shift in overall approval comes from independents, who approve 43% to 38%; in April, independents disapproved 43% to 25%.
“While voters’ attitudes on Trump’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas have shifted, it doesn’t appear to have impacted his overall job approval. Instead, the president’s disapproval increased by a point since August.”
Trump is, however, polling less favorably for his handling of the Russia-Ukraine war with a 30% approval and 50% disapproval rating and his handling of the economy, with a 37% approval and 52% disapproval rating.
Trump was reported to have a 45.5% average approval rating and 51.8% disapproval rating, for a -6.3 net approval rating, according to Real Clear Polling. The website's tabulated averages include a 44% approval in the latest Economist/YouGov poll; a 45% approval in the Morning Consult poll; a 40% approval in the Reuters/Ipsos poll; a 47% approval in the Quantus Insights poll; a 42% approval in the CBS News poll; a 46% approval in the Harvard-Harris poll; a 42% approval in the I&I/TIPP poll; and a 40% rating in the Pew Research poll.
Trump did, however have a majority 51% approval in the Rasmussen Reports poll; a 51% approval in the RMG Research poll; and a 52% approval in the InsiderAdvantage poll. The president was reported to have a -8.4 net approval rating, according to famed polling expert Nate Silver in the latest edition of his Silver Bulletin Substack released on Monday (October 13).
Trump has reportedly made slight improvement from the -9.3 reported one week prior and the -9.4 two weeks ago, but has dropped since the -7.5 three weeks prior. The president has, however, seen the number of Americans who strongly disapprove of his job performance decrease from its peak of 44% to 42.5%, which is closer to his average for his second term in office.
"To be clear, these are bad results for Trump. His handling of the economy this time around is substantially less popular than his term one approach. But when it comes to overall approval, Trump is still more popular now than he was eight years ago (net -8.4 vs. -16.7)," Silver wrote.